The Micro-cheating Checklist: Check It Before You Wreck it

According to this study, only half of the participants considered forming deep emotional bonds and sitting in laps as cheating. Even less believed sharing secrets and hugging longer than 10 seconds were concerning.

Clearly a definitive list of all acts micro-cheating isn’t feasible. So couples have to communicate clearly acts that amount to violations of the monogamous bond or other exclusivity agreement.

However, any behavior is definitely a matter of concern if it leads to:

🔲 lying;

🔲 keeping secrets;

🔲 erosion of trust;

🔲 damage to partner’s self-esteem;

🔲 loss of emotional stability;

🔲 prioritizing the attention/approval of a third party; or

🔲 prioritizing feelings of a third person over that of your primary partner.

If you’re unsure of the classification of your behavior, the presence of any of these indicators will give you a hint.